Global & Rural Surgery Track | Emory Department of Surgery

Overview

The Emory Global & Rural Surgery Track trains residents to address the suboptimal outcomes and surgical disease processes that affect urban and rural populations globally to ensure care for all communities. The Department of Surgery’s Track was among the first American Board of Surgery-approved international surgical training experiences. The Track has expanded since its inception to include opportunities at the local, national, and international levels, enabling residents to work for improved outcomes in a variety of communities. Interested residents apply during the middle of their intern year to the program. While only one resident is selected for the clinical component, all residents can participate in the education and research components of the track.

Program Goals

To provide high-quality and patient-centered surgical care to all populations in Atlanta, rural Georgia, and the world.
To effectively manage the challenges of those with limited access to surgical services through a combination of formal instruction, clinical exposure, and dedicated research on disease processes.
To create academic leaders and policy experts in surgery who will continue to work towards advancing the field from within academia, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations to provide care for all communities.
To combine the interest, experience, and instruction in urban, rural, and global care to create a unified field--and, thus, community--devoted to the surgical management of all populations who face challenges both domestically and internationally.
To contribute to the pedagogy of general surgery residency—that an understanding of econonomic circumstances and disease burden might be integrated into all general surgery residency curricula.